Final - Chapter 21

Question 1

Folliculitis

Answer 1

Infection of the hair follicle (stye or pimple)

Question 2

Furnuncle

Answer 2

pus surrounded by inflamed tissue. Red area, pain and swelling but still contained (Boil)

Question 3

Carbuncle

Answer 3

Hard, round deep inflammation under skin

Question 4

Mechanism of SSSS

Answer 4

exfoliative toxin breaks ester bonds in skin

Question 5

Treatment for SSSS

Answer 5

penicillin or cephalosporin

Question 6

Staphylococcal impetigo

Answer 6

• occurs in young children

- pus forming pyoderma with oozing lesions that crust

Question 7

Streptococcus impetigo

Answer 7

• occurs in older children

Question 8

Cause of erysipelas

Answer 8

Group A S. pyogenes

Question 9

Cause of Necrotizing fascitis

Answer 9

Invasive group A S. pyogenes

Question 10

Treatment for dermatitis

Answer 10

polymyxin B

Question 11

Treatment for Pseudomonads opportunistic infections

Answer 11

Qs

Question 12

HPV is a virus that causes

Answer 12

warts

Question 13

HHSV 1 transmission

Answer 13

oral or respiratory routes

Question 14

HHSV 1 remains latent in

Answer 14

trigerminal nerve area

Question 15

spread of HHSV 2

Answer 15

sexual contact

Question 16

Treatment of encephalitis

Answer 16

acyclovir

Question 17

HHSV 3 causes

Answer 17

chicken pox and shingles

Question 18

Exanthem

Answer 18

a skin rash arising from another focus of the infection

Question 19

treatment of shingles

Answer 19

acyclovir

Question 20

Symptoms of measles

Answer 20

• hard red spots
• symptoms start as cold like
• macular rash begins

Question 21

Diagnostic tool of measles

Answer 21

Kopliks spots: white specks on oral mucosa

Question 22

Measles is also called

Answer 22

Rubeola

Question 23

Rubella (German measles)

Answer 23

• macular rash
• mild fever
• often called 3 day measles

Question 24

Complications of rubella

Answer 24

Congenital rubella syndrome: severe birth defects such as deafness, cataracts, heart defects, retardation and death.

Question 25

Will a virus show pus?

Answer 25

no

Question 26

Treatment of Trachoma

Answer 26

tetracycline or erythromycin